Private medical colleges asked to meet demand for experienced teachers:Daily Sun

 The government has instructed all private medical colleges to meet the demand for experienced teachers at all branches in a bid to ensure quality medical education in the country, official sources said. Country�s most of the private medical colleges do not have sufficient number of experienced teachers which hampers the quality of medical education, they said. Private medical colleges across the
country have been asked to raise the number of full-time experienced teachers for the greater interests of medical education, they said. Public health experts of the country have expressed their satisfaction over the government�s move because private medical colleges will be bound to meet the demand for teachers following the instruction and it will help students get quality education from their respective medical colleges. Former pro vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Dr Rashid-E-Mahbub said medical education is directly linked to life and death. �Today�s medical students of the country are future doctors and they will work in the sector to save lives of people. If their learning is inadequate for lack of well experienced teachers, then there is a possibility of rendering wrong treatment by them,� he said. Experienced and knowledgeable physicians may produce efficient physicians who can provide correct treatment to patients. So it is high time to appoint more experienced physicians for all branches of medical science at all private medical college hospitals as per students� demands in order to produce more efficient physicians, Dr Rashid pointed out. �At the same time, medical students who cannot receive better education from their respective teachers of medical colleges will not be able to render correct treatment to chronic patients,� he added. Dr Mofizul Haque, a noted health expert, said some private medical colleges are unable to provide better medical teaching to their students due to lack of teachers and clinical equipment, which is producing low qualified doctors. Patients will be more vulnerable by following the treatment protocol of such unskilled physicians instead of being cured, he observed. �We require more doctors to serve our growing population. At the same time, we have to ensure quality medical education in the country,� he added. When contacted, Prof ABM Abdul Hannan, director (hospital and medical education) of directorate of health services said they are very much sincere in ensuring quality medical services in the country. �Private medical colleges must appoint adequate number of experienced physicians to ensure the quality of medical education,� he added. �If any irregularity is found regarding teaching in any private medical college, then we will take punitive action against them to ensure quality medical education,� he added.